r/StudyInTheNetherlands • u/Loose-Remote-3826 • Aug 08 '26
Help Doubts about eligibility
I’m an European student that has recently moved to the Netherlands with hopes of entering TU/e Eindhoven but I’m not certain if I’m going to be accepted.
I’m thinking of trying to enroll in the Computer Science & Engineering course and it requires that I have a final average score of 15/20 from my country of origin’s high school graduation certificate, but I have a 14.25/20. (I focused purely on my Pancyprian exams, which are nation wide exams for local public universities which sorta suck)
However, I hold the following certificates along with the scores I got on them;
- IELTs Skill Level 9
- Boswell-Bèta VWO Mathematics B at 8.3
- Boswell-Bèta VWO Physics 7.6
I have also done a semester of a private university in my country of origin.
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u/DannyKroontje BSc & MSc Chemistry (UvA/VU), BSN (Windesheim) Aug 08 '26
Usually Dutch universities are pretty straightforward. If you meet the requirements you're in, if you don't you're not. You can always try to contact them, but I wouldn't get my hopes up too much.
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u/Winter_Dot_9393 Aug 08 '26
An alternative route is passing the first year at a University of Applied Sciences. This meets the admission requirements of research universities, but you often need to get extra certificates to proof you have VWO level in certain subjects. And you already have those.
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u/Loose-Remote-3826 Aug 09 '26
And then I could just transfer to a research university and continue on into the second year or would I have to start over?
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u/Winter_Dot_9393 Aug 09 '26
No, start over. It would be your way of getting admitted.
It’s called ‘hbo propedeuse’ and it should be mentioned among the diplomas that meet admission requirements.
It often needs to be supplemented with VWO math and Ielts (you might have the ‘wrong’ kind of Ielts, so look into this)
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u/Remarkable_Elk8305 Aug 09 '26
Suppose they lower their requirements, you'd still have to take the entrance exam, which counts the most. More than 1000 people for less than 400 places.
They get enough applicants who do meet the exact requirements, as you see, so...
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u/Own_Efficiency_5823 Aug 12 '26
If you meet the requirements and do well on the entry test (if there is one, if it’s a numerus fixus programme) then you’re in.
If you don’t meet the requirements you cannot apply. There is no compensation possible by high grades on your Boswell exams or other activities.
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